J. Cole | Project Race

It’s Famous Friday!

Susan Graham2021-05-21T13:47:23+00:00May 21st, 2021|

J. Cole Jermaine Cole, known as J. Cole, was born to a white mother and a black father in Frankfurt, Germany. He was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. We’ve highlighted J. Cole on a Famous Friday before, so we know that he’s considered one of the best rappers of his generation. We know that he gained his fame from projects like The Come Up and The Warm Up. We know that he followed these up with hit albums like Born Sinner, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, and KOD. We know that [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

multiracial2019-04-04T17:54:31+00:00April 4th, 2019|

J. Cole J. Cole is a famous rapper, singer, song writer, and producer. He originally gained recognition from his first mixtape called The Come Up and continued on the fast track to fame with two albums, The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights. He then released his first studio album which was recognized as #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. In 2014, J. Cole received his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. Rapper J. Cole was born to a white mother and black father and raised in [...]

Famous Friday!

multiracial2018-05-04T05:53:10+00:00May 4th, 2018|

FAMOUS FRIDAY: J. COLE Rapper J. Cole is on fire! I told our Project RACE readers about how awesome and brilliant he was three years ago and he’s only gotten hotter since then. Just last month, his new album, “KOD,” was released, and on that very first day logged more than 36.5 million Spotify streams in the United States alone, a record breaking first-day for Spotify. “KOD” hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart, Cole’s fifth consecutive Billboard No. 1! J.Cole is a German-American hip hop recording artist, producer, and writer from Fayetteville, North Carolina. [...]